Steven K. Andrianoff
ABSTRACT
Programming contests have a long established role as co-curricular activities. But as programming methodology has changed, the programming contest problems have not reflected these changes. In this paper, we describe a way to modernize the traditional ACM-style contest while preserving the problem solving aspects. We do so by introducing a new type of problem that requires that solutions interact with pre-defined classes. We discuss the effects of this change on a contest conducted for high school students.
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- Adding objects to the traditional ACM programming contest
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